NIKL - Sprott Nickel Miners ETF
NIKL provides pure-play exposure to nickel mining companies. The narrow portfolio typically holds 20 to 35 US and foreign firms that derive at least 50% of their revenue and/or assets from mining, exploration, development, and production of nickel. The fund also includes companies that invest all or a significant portion of their assets in nickel.
As of Jul 15, 2026: spot at $13.23, ATM IV 96.9%, net GEX $347.
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Market Cap
- $10.4M
- Beta
- 1.25
- 52-Week Range
- 11.55-21.855
- Dividend Yield
- $0.40
- IPO Date
- Mar 22, 2023
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
What NIKL Looks Like to Options Traders Today
positive net gamma exposure ($347) means dealers hedge against trend, damping realized volatility and biasing price toward heavy-OI strikes; the 25-delta skew (0.243) prices calls richer than puts, often reflecting upside speculation or squeeze risk.
What This Page Covers
The NIKL overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure.
Frequently asked NIKL overview questions
- What is NIKL?
- NIKL is the ticker symbol for Sprott Nickel Miners ETF, an listed exchange-traded fund. NIKL provides pure-play exposure to nickel mining companies. The narrow portfolio typically holds 20 to 35 US and foreign firms that derive at least 50% of their revenue and/or assets from mining, exploration, development, and production of nickel. Listed on NASDAQ. NIKL is the ETF ticker shown on this page; ETF traders use the fund for diversified exposure to its underlying basket, for sector and factor rotation, and for hedging or replication strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the NIKL options snapshot look like today?
- As of Jul 15, 2026, the NIKL options snapshot shows spot at $13.23, ATM IV 96.9%, net GEX $347, expected move 27.78%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are NIKL's key statistics?
- Sprott Nickel Miners ETF (NIKL) carries a market capitalization of $10.4M, 52-week range of 11.55-21.855. Full holdings disclosure, expense ratio, and tracking-error history live on the per-ticker fundamentals page or the sponsor's site; daily NAV and premium/discount-to-NAV are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the ETF options market prices implied volatility relative to its constituents.
- What sector or industry does NIKL belong to?
- Sprott Nickel Miners ETF operates in the Financial Services sector, in the Asset Management industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare NIKL's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the NIKL data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated Jul 15, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Fund-level fields (sponsor, expense ratio, holdings concentration where available) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. ETF-specific filings (N-CSR, N-PX, N-CEN) update on the SEC EDGAR cadence. FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence; for ETFs the off-exchange volume signal is dominated by authorized-participant creation and redemption rather than directional flow.